Lenny Dee
Leonard George DeStoppelaire (January 5, 1923 – February 12, 2006), better known as Lenny Dee, was an American virtuoso organist who played many styles of music. His record albums were among the most popular of easy listening and space age pop organists of the 1950s through the early 1970s. His signature hit, "Plantation Boogie", charted as a Top 20 hit in 1955. He also had a gold record with 1970's Spinning Wheel. Dee played a variety of songs in numerous styles. He played original compositions, popular songs, and novelty tunes, and was a master of improvisation. Although his unique style was a pop/boogie-woogie blend, he also played ballads, country and western, jazz, rock, and patriotic songs. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 5, 1923, Died February 12, 2006 (St. Petersburg)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1950 - 1972
Roles Represented in DAHR: organ
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 424 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 86998 | 11/3/1954 | Sweet Georgia Brown | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 86999 | 11/3/1954 | The world is waiting for the sunrise | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 87000 | 11/3/1954 | Laura | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 87001 | 11/3/1954 | Plantation boogie | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 87002 | 11/3/1954 | The birth of the blues | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 87003 | 11/3/1954 | Siboney | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 87014 | 11/4/1954 | Ballin' the jack | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 87015 | 11/4/1954 | Little brown jug | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 87016 | 11/4/1954 | September song | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 87017 | 11/4/1954 | Exactly like you | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 87018 | 11/4/1954 | The donkey serenade | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 87019 | 11/4/1954 | Yes Sir, that's my baby | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 87923 | 5/25/1955 | Punxsutawney boogie | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 87924 | 5/25/1955 | Crazy organ rag | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 88101 | 5/22/1955 | Caravan | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 88195 | 6/21/1955 | Out of nowhere | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 88196 | 6/21/1955 | The honeydripper | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 88197 | 6/21/1955 | Charmaine | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 88198 | 6/21/1955 | Coquette | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 88199 | 6/21/1955 | Chinatown, my Chinatown | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 88200 | 6/21/1955 | This ole house | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 88201 | 6/22/1955 | Twelfth Street rag | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 88202 | 6/22/1955 | I'm beginning to see the light | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 88203 | 6/22/1955 | Flea hop boogie | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 88204 | 6/22/1955 | That's my weakness now | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dee, Lenny," accessed August 23, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/311643.
Dee, Lenny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved August 23, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/311643.
"Dee, Lenny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 August 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Dee, Lenny - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79030875
Wikidata: Lenny Dee - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5702692
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/104244212
MusicBrainz: Lenny Dee - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5adf9c2e-9220-4a1a-8959-eb2d636cac02
ISNI: 0000 0000 7535 6782 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000075356782
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